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[May 06, 2014]

Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Extend Lead in Mobile Workspaces

LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)--

Today at Citrix
Synergy™, Citrix is providing an early view of upcoming releases of Citrix
XenApp® and Citrix
XenDesktop®, the company's industry-leading solutions for delivering
Windows in the mobile-cloud era. New versions of XenApp and XenDesktop
were released in March 2014, and Citrix is continuing a brisk pace of
innovation in its flagship products to drive even higher levels of
security and user experience for mobility and cloud on the unified
platform for virtual Windows apps and desktops. At the conference,
Citrix will provide an early view of refinements that enhance security
capabilities, provide high-performance HTML5 browser-based access from
any device, enable fast log-ons, simplify roaming apps across multiple
devices and support for the latest USB 3.0 peripherals, as well as many
more real-world, customer-driven features. In addition, Citrix is
releasing a private technology preview of tools that will facilitate
migration to the latest releases for existing customers. XenApp and
XenDesktop are cornerstones of the new Citrix
Workspace Suite, which unites its market-leading virtualization,
mobility, networking and cloud services technologies to make it even
easier for people to work anywhere.

To help organizations manage the market forces of consumerization,
mobility and cloud, Citrix provides a complete mobile workspace solution
that securely delivers apps, desktops, files and services to any user,
on any device, over any network - all with an intuitive user experience.
No other vendor can provide app and desktop delivery, secure mobile app
and device management, and cloud networking for a comprehensive,
customizable mobile workspace.

Delivering Real Customer Value

Citrix is refining its new generation of Windows delivery products with
unique features that healthcare, finance, government and education
customers have relied on for the last 25 years - features that will be
available for the first time with both app delivery and VDI. These
tightly-integrated products offer an unmatched mix of security with
granular policy controls down to the application; advancements in user
experience; management with end-user focused monitoring and reporting;
and cloud-style openness and flexibility with multi-cloud support and
native cloud provisioning built in. The upcoming releases will continue
to deliver proven customer value, which has resulted from thousands of
successful real-world customer deployments. Along with the private
technology preview of migration tools, Citrix is providing an early look
at additional technology in the Citrix booth.

Simplifying Anywhere Access with Citrix Receiver for HTML5 -
Citrix leads the industry in delivering a high-definition user
experience over any network via a zero-install client that enables any
HTML5 browser to easily access a mobile workspace on demand. At
Synergy, Citrix is providing an early look at high-performance
browser-based access via�Citrix Receiver™ for HTML5. Upcoming
enhancements to Citrix Receiver for HTML5 will include capabilities
for advanced printing and USB device support such as smart card
readers and bi-directional audio/video, and 3D graphics acceleration
through work with NVIDIA (News - Alert). To help support the adoption of Chromebooks,
Citrix and Google also are working together to help speed this
transition, and for a limited time, Citrix is providing a 25
percent promotional discount on XenApp Platinum edition for
enterprises purchasing Google Chromebooks.

Simplify and Speed Up Migration - Enterprises today have
thousands of apps, including mission-critical apps, running on XenApp.
Migrations to new platforms take careful planning and execution, and
the Citrix FlexCast Management Architecture is the optimal platform,
enabling current XenApp customers to reduce the time and overhead of
application virtualization and platform migrations by as much as 90
percent. At Synergy, Citrix is releasing a private technology preview
of migration tools. This allows Citrix to gather real-world feedback
on how customers are able to capture and migrate policies, images and
configurations and move them smoothly to the new architecture. These
tools will allow customers to preserve key features that competing
solutions don't have, such as new mobility, automation and cloud
capabilities and Citrix HDX™ technologies. The tools will dramatically
simplify the migration and upgrade process, while minimizing downtime
and streamlining administrative efforts. In addition to migration
tools, Citrix AppDNA™ application migration software gives customers
powerful tools to qualify and remediate apps for use with new
operating systems, another key step in migrating to new platforms.

Powerful User Experience over Mobile Networks - Citrix will
also provide an early look at the powerful combination of HDX
technology and Framehawk. The advanced data and video remoting
capabilities dramatically improve the user experience by intelligently
rendering large amounts of data in the datacenter and displaying the
contents on mobile devices without compromising real-time performance.
Framehawk technology will be integrated into HDX technology to provide
users with a powerful, high-definition user experience over any type
of network including unreliable mobile and Wi-Fi networks.

Strong Partner Ecosystem Engagement

Throughout its 25-year history, Citrix has made partnership part of its
DNA. Building a strong partner ecosystem through major partners, such as
HP and NVIDIA, as well as driving additional customer value through its
Citrix Ready® programs, has continued to be a key strategy in helping
customers deliver integrated IT solutions. Citrix partners are building
products that support and integrate with the FlexCast Management
Architecture, further extending the value of this platform for customers.

Optimizing 3D App Experience with NVIDIA - Citrix led the
industry as the first to enable graphics acceleration for XenApp with
NVIDIA GPUs, and on the Synergy keynote stage last year, it was joined
by NVIDIA to introduce the first native GRID vGPU technology for
sharing GPU power across multiple VDI users with XenDesktop. Over the
last year, NVIDIA and Citrix have seen increasing customer adoption
across North America, Europe and Japan in the manufacturing, global
engineering and energy markets. This year, Citrix is continuing theinvestment
and commitment with Citrix XenServer and an upcoming technology
preview supporting 64-bit architecture, delivering enhanced user
density for vGPU-enabled workloads.

Helping Enterprises Leverage the Power of the Cloud - Announced
in January 2014, the Citrix
Ready Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Cloud for XenDesktop
program gives customers the confidence that XenDesktop will run on a
particular cloud operator's infrastructure. The first of a growing set
of cloud providers are validating that their IaaS clouds support
XenDesktop and XenApp.�Ennit server GmbH, MCPc and SSI have passed a
rigid set of functional requirements verifying that their production
cloud infrastructures, based on Citrix CloudPlatform™ powered by
Apache CloudStack™, and will support hybrid cloud provisioning
directly from XenDesktop 7.5 and XenApp 7.5. In addition, CloudOps,
Datapipe, EVRY, Host.net, iNNOVO Cloud GmbH, Ikoula, Janz IT,�MK
Netzdienste,�NTT (News - Alert) Communications, Corp., PKN Datenkommunikations GmbH,
SCSK, Verio and Zajil Telecom are also working with Citrix to verify
the readiness of their cloud infrastructure.

Reducing Storage Costs for VDI - Announced in January 2014, the Citrix
Ready VDI Capacity Program Verified for XenDesktop continues to
expand with new partners. Twelve storage partners have been verified
to provide customers with a cost-effective design and pricing, as low
as $15 per user1, to dramatically simplify storage costs
and sizing for VDI.

Broad Ecosystem of Verified 3D Apps - Since 2009, Citrix has
worked with the leading graphics ISVs to deliver centralized 3D
graphics applications using XenApp and XenDesktop with HDX 3D Pro.
Citrix is the market-leader in this space with an extensive ecosystem
of 3D app vendors who have verified their software with Citrix,
including Autodesk (News - Alert) AutoCAD and Revit, Siemens NX and TeamCenter, PTC
Creo, Intergraph SmartPlant 3D, MicroStation PowerDraft and V8i, Adobe
Creative Cloud and more.

Quotes

Rakesh Narasimhan, Group VP and GM, Desktops and Apps Group at Citrix

"Enterprises are facing ever more rapid changes as a result of mobility
and cloud. Citrix is responding by accelerating the pace of technology
innovation in XenApp and XenDesktop, and expanding our partner
ecosystem. We are focused on helping organizations leverage cloud
delivery to enable personalized mobile workspaces for every user in the
enterprise."

Dennis Rachiele, Senior Network Administrator, Taco, Inc.

"Over the past year and a half, Taco has been renovating our
100-year-old factory with a state-of-the-art training facility and new
office renovations. With the implementation of XenDesktop, Taco found it
remarkably easy to relocate 100+ users multiple times during the various
construction phases. Our users were able to just pick up and walk to
their temporary location and simply log back in right where they left
off. Because of the flexibility of our Citrix infrastructure, we are
able to more rapidly respond to all the changing business needs we face
on an ongoing basis."

Michael Hogan, President and CEO, Hogan Consulting Group

"By ensuring the highest level of security without sacrificing user
experience, XenApp and XenDesktop continue to be the best platform for
delivering applications and desktops to end users anywhere, on any
device. We are excited about the latest innovations as they address
customer requirements."

Availability

The migration tools will be available now as a private
technology preview to existing customers current on Subscription
Advantage.

Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing
virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services to
enable new ways to work better. Citrix solutions power business mobility
through secure, personal�workspaces that provide people with instant
access to apps, desktops, data�and communications on any device, over
any network and cloud. This year Citrix is celebrating 25 years of
innovation, making IT simpler and people more productive.�With
annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion, Citrix solutions are in use at
more than 330,000 organizations and by over 100 million users globally.
Learn more at�www.citrix.com.

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